NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The Impact of International Trade on Wages

Robert C. Feenstra, editor

Conference held February 27-28, 1998
Published in January 2000 by University of Chicago Press
© 2000 by the National Bureau of Economic Research

NBER Program(s):   ITI    LS

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360 pages
ISBN: 0-226-23936-2

Table of Contents

Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgment: Robert C. Feenstra (p. -11 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

Introduction: Robert C. Feenstra (p. 1 - 11) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. And Now for Something Completely Different: An Alternative Model of Trade, Education, and Inequality: Paul Krugman (p. 15 - 36) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Effort and Wages: A New Look at the Interindustry Wage Differentials : Edward E. Leamer, Christopher F. Thornberg (p. 37 - 84) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Offshore Assembly from the United States: Production Characteristics of the 9802 Program: Robert C. Feenstra, Gordon H. Hanson, Deborah L. Swenson (p. 85 - 125) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. What Are the Results of Product-Price Studies and What Can We Learn from Their Differences?: Matthew J. Slaughter (p. 129 - 169) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. International Trade and American Wages in General Equilibrium, 1967-1995: James Harrigan (p. 171 - 196) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Does a Kick in the Pants Get You Going or Does It Just Hurt? The Impact of International Competition on Technological Change in U.S. Manufacturing: Robert Z. Lawrence (p. 197 - 224) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Understanding Increasing and Decreasing Wage Inequality: Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen (p. 227 - 268) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Exchange Rates and Local Labor Markets: Linda Goldberg, Joseph Tracy (p. 269 - 307) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Trade Flows and Wage Premiums: Does Who or What Matter?: Mary E. Lovely, J. David Richardson (p. 309 - 348) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Trade and Job Loss in US. Manufacturing, 1979-1994 : Lori G. Kletzer (p. 349 - 396) (bibliographic info) (download)

List of Contributors, Indexes: Robert C. Feenstra (p. 397 - 408) (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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